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Dates: January 14-29, 2010 ( Register by January 7)
Instructor : Steven McDonald , J.D., General Counsel, Rhode Island School of Design
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 Join attorney Steve McDonald as he helps you explore the often-complex intersection between the worlds of copyright policy and academia. McDonald will discuss and help you evaluate whether an institution needs to develop a copyright policy, as well as how to answer some of the many questions that flow from the process of doing so within the arena of higher education. Who owns the work? And who can do what with the work? Is cyberspace a separate jurisdiction with a different set of rules than the physical world? Does the institution need a new policy and resource, or is a current policy sufficient and applicable—or adaptable—to the technologies, opportunities, and demands of academic life, both online and offline, in the digital era?
A fellow and past member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, McDonald speaks from his nearly 20 years of experience in cyberspace legal issues and has a unique vantage point on copyright issues in the context of artwork due to his role as general counsel at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design.
Goals for the course:
- Gain a practical understanding of basic copyright principles as they apply in and to higher education generally.
- Learn how to evaluate institutional copyright policies and discuss the development and modification of those policies;
- Understand the policies and technical steps your institution will need to implement in order to take full advantage of the opportunities that copyright law allows.
- Gain a greater understanding of Internet law and policy.
- Encourage thought on how copyright policies can serve the educational mission;
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